Ironing table



G. w. LEWIS July 15, 1930.

IRQNI NG TABLE Filed Feb. 12, v1929 Patented July 15, 1930 P Aft GEORGEW. LEWIS, OF BERLIN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 JOHN S. HOFFMIRE 00.,

INQ, OF AUBURN, YORK, A CORPORATION 01? NEVJ YORK IRONING TABLEApplication filed. February 12 1929. Serial No. 339,353.

This invention relates to a folding ironingtable, which includes anironing board and a base structure supporting the board and adapted tobe folded. for storage and erected 5 for use, and to horizontallysupport the board against downward pressure.

The invention is embodied in certain improvements hereinafter desribedand claimed whereby the folding and erection of the structure with aminimum of frictional resistance is permitted, a maximum resistance todownward pressure exerted on any part of the board is provided, andother useful results are obtained.

Of the accompanying drawings forming part of this spccification,

Figure 1 is an ed e view of an ironing-table embodying the invention.

FigureQ is a perspective view, showing the ironing-board only.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the boardsupporting structure withoutthe board.

' Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective View, showing details.

. Figure 5 is an edge view, showing the table folded. a

' figure 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Figure 1. p

Figure 7 is a section on line 77 of Figure 1, and a fragmentaryelevation of parts at the right of said line.

Figures 8 and 9are fragmentary perspective views, showing amodification.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of thefigures.

'My improved table includes ironingboard 12, and preferably includesalso a pivot-engaging frame fixed to the board, said frame beingcomposed of spaced apart pivotreceiving stringers 13, and cross-bars 1r,fixed to and connecting the stringers and fixed to the board 12 by anysuitable means, preferably rivets 16, inserted in coinciding holes 15 inthe board and cross-bars, and cement-coated nails 17, driven into theboard and cross-bars. The stringers are offset by the cross-bars fromthe board 12, and the frame as a whole constitutes a truss whichstiifens and prevents warping of the board.

The frame constitutes a desirable element of the top, adapted to receivepivots connectmg the legs and the strut herelnafter described with theironing-board. Said pivots may, however, be engaged with the board byother means.

The top is supported by a foldable suptwo members 18, abutting and fixedto each other at one end of the leg, and diverging from eachother to theopposite end, a double leg composed of members 20 spaced apartby spacingconnections 21, fixed to and extend ing between said members, and astrut composed of spaced apart members 25,- and a transverse foot 27,which is preferably a pin fixed in and extending between the members 25,as shown by Figures Sand l.

The legs and strut are pivotally connected in tandem order with the top,the pivotal connections of the double leg with the top being between theconnections of the single leg and the strut with the top. Saidconnections are preferably provided by pivots 19 connecting the singleleg members 18 with the stringers 13, pivots 23 connecting the doubleleg members 20 with the stringers, and pivots connecting the strutmembers 25 wlth the .crosses and extends between the members of thedouble .leg, and between the members of the strut, as shown by Figure 3.

The transverse foot 27 of he strut bears separably on the upper edge ofthe singleleg, to support the downward end thrust of the strut. Thesingle leg is provided with stop means, to limit the swinging movementof the strutin one direction, the strut bearing separably on the stopmeans when the table is erected. The stop means is preferably provided.by the end portions of a transverse rod 28, extending through the singleleg, said end portions projecting from opposite sides of said leg.

The lower ends of the strut members 25 are connected with the double legmembers :20 by links 29, which are connected bypivots and 31 with saidmembers and maintain the strut in separable contact with the stop means28, and the strut foot 2? in separable contact with the single leg whenthe table is erected, so that the legs and strut are maintained in therelative positions shown, and are caused to rigidly support the topagainst downward pressure exerted on any part of the elongatedwork-supporting surface.

The-table is foldable by a rearward swinging movement of th double legtowardthe under side of the top, from the position shown by full linesin Figure l, to and beyond the position shown by dotted lines, and tothe position shown by full lines in Figure 5. This movement releases thestrut from the stop means, and releases the strut foot 27 from thesingle leg, during the entire folding operation, and during theoperation of erecting the table, so that frictional resistance to thefolding and erection is reduced to a minii'num, the only frictionalresistance being that caused by the turning of the several pivots intheir bearings.

In the modification shown by Figures 8 and 9, the strut is composed of asingle member 25 extending between the member 18 of the single leg, andits foot is provided by the end portions of a rod 27 extendingtransversely through the member 25 and adapted to bear separably on theupper edge of-the single leg. The stop means is provided by the centralportion of a rod 28 extending.

transversely through the single leg, the strut bearing separably on thecentral portion of the rod 28 when the table is erected.

The foldable supporting structure is characterized chiefly by thetransverse strut foot, and the stop means carried by the single leg, thearrangement being such that the foot is confined in separable contactwith the single leg by the links 29, and the strut is held by said linksin separable contact with the stop means, when the table is erected.

Iv claim:

1. An ironing-table comprising a top, and a foldable supportingstructure, including a single leg, a double leg composed of spaced apartmembers, and a strut unconnected with said single leg, said legs andstrut being pivotally connected with the top in tandem order, so thatwhen the table is erected the single leg crosses and extends between themembers of the double leg, and the strut is forwardof the double leg,and links connecting the strut with the members of the double leg, atransverse foot constituting a member of the strut and bearing separablyon the single leg, to

support downward end thrust of the strut,

and stop means fixed to the single leg, to limit swinging movement ofthe strut in one direction, the strut being held in separable contactwith the stop means by the links when the table is erected.

2. An ironing-table as specified by claim 1, the strut including spacedapart members between which the single leg extends, the transverse strutfoot being a rod extending between said members above the lower endsthereof, and the stop means being the end portions of a transverse rodextending through the single leg, and projecting from opposite sidesthereof for engagement by the portions of the single leg members belowsaid transverse strut foot.

3. A foldableironing-table as specified by claim 1, the top comprisingan ironing-board and a frame attached at the under side thereof, andcomposed of spaced apart stringers receiving the pivots of the legs andstrut, and cross bars between and fixed to the string- 'ers and board.

4. An ironing table comprising a top, and a foldable supportingstructure, including a single leg, a double leg composed .of spacedapart members, and a strut unconnected with said single leg, said legsand strut being spaced apart and pivotally connected in relatively fixedposition at their upper ends with nature.

GEORGE W. LEWIS.

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